Bryn Cader Faner, aka The Crown of Thorns. An extraordinary Bronze Age cairn high in the beautiful Rhinogydd mountains #StandingStoneSunday pic.twitter.com/i6QHpnMpD6
— Fiona Robertson (@stone_lands) August 16, 2026
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
History
I see wonderful things
"I want a garden, a small house, grass, birds, coffee, books, pictures, music."
— Francisco Ribeiro (@fraveris) August 15, 2026
- Katherine Mansfield, 14 October 1922, Letters and Journals of Katherine Mansfield pic.twitter.com/PReFEdkHqw
Offbeat Humor
In Nantes, France, a butcher shop and a skateboard store sit next to each other and share the same clever sign.
— NO CONTEXT HUMANS (@HumansNoContext) August 15, 2026
From one side it looks like a steak, while from the other it looks like a skateboard, making the design work perfectly for both businesses. pic.twitter.com/l8ottWuvnO
Data Talks
These results are worth pausing over. An extra $12k/year to low income households for three years (40% avg increase in income) - mostly toward consumption & a bit toward leisure.
— Anna Stansbury (@annastansbury) August 15, 2026
Few big long term effects: on saving, debts, education, job quality, life satisfaction, health… https://t.co/5qjov5VZKO
Coastal Landscape with Ship in a Tempestuous Sea by Peter van de Velde
Coastal Landscape with Ship in a Tempestuous Sea by Peter van de Velde (Netherlands, 1654-1723)
Click to enlarge.
Tuesday, September 15, 2026
History
"Space we can recover, time never."
— 33 Strategies of War (@33StrategiesBot) August 15, 2026
- Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821 pic.twitter.com/bPHQ7NHqN5
An Insight
If you let shorter and shorter people play basketball, the average height of basketball players goes down.
— Freedomain - with Stefan Molyneux, MA (@StefanMolyneux) August 14, 2026
It’s just another form of silly cargo-cult magical thinking.
“Smart people are in college, so if we send people to college, it will make them smarter!” https://t.co/UfC6Oq9YRu
I see wonderful things
WOW. WOW. It’s happening. It’s REALLY happening. For decades US Merchant Marine service medals have laid mostly dormant collecting dust but the Trump administration has brought them back!
— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) August 14, 2026
First with @SECNAV securing the Presidential Service Unit citations to US Merchant… pic.twitter.com/siPx2jqBev
Offbeat Humor
Exactly what I had in mind. pic.twitter.com/84XjKTQFky
— MedievalistMatt (@medievalistmatt) August 14, 2026
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